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I have managed the Information Technology Services unit in North Karelia Polytechnic, the IP Technology / Advanced Services group in Nokia Networks and the Information Systems Services group in The Finnish Forest Research Institute.

I have been responsible for budgeting, financial agreements and purchase of information technology and telecommunication equipment and software.

I have led the project that was responsible for outsourcing the maintenance of North Karelia Polytechnic's information network. I have made the IT and Information Management strategy for the years 2003-2007.

In Nokia Networks, I have led the system integration and verification project and managed the development of element testing tools and integration testing tools. I was involved in defining the gateway architecture for the 3G ALL-IP user plane and other future wireless and fixed access networks and defining the gateway product family together with product management. I also participated to addressing the requirements and characteristics of gateway products.

While working as a Program Manager my tasks included managing the planning of the product offering for GPRS/3G backbone networks and defining the GPRS/3G IP backbone network architecture. I was responsible for creating documentation for GPRS core network pre-releases and addressed the requirements of full-scale production networks in operator environments.

Together with management team I have been responsible for the maintenance and development of the Nokia Networks Helsinki-Espoo laboratory network infrastructure. I have been involved in the evaluation, testing and verification of new internetworking and IP security equipment and products. My tasks have included the maintenance and development of the Department of Usage of Forests / Helsinki Research Centre LAN infrastructure. I have worked as a Network Administrator, Security Administrator, Windows NT network administrator and Ultrix and DEC Pathworks network administrator.

Education

Job History

Major Projects

Educational Work

  1. Gröhn Anssi, Usage of GNU/Linux as a workstation in a Windows 2000 network at North Karelia polytechnic. "GNU/Linuxin käyttö Pohjois-Karjalan ammattikorkeakoulun Windows 2000 -mikroverkon työasemana". Thesis. North Karelia Polytechnic. Degree Programme in Business Information Technology. Autumn 2002. (in Finnish). Instructor and supervisor.
  2. Thiger Eija, User Authentication in Public Broadband IP Access Networks. Master's Thesis. Helsinki University of Technology. Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering. 16.7.1999. Commentator (security area).
  3. Word for Windows basic and follow-up courses. The Finnish Forest Research Institute 1993-1997. (in Finnish).

Open Source Development

Publications

  1. Panhelainen Mika, IT and Information Management Strategy 2003-2007. "IT- ja tietohallintostrategia" and "IT- ja tietohallintostrategian tuloskortti" for the years 2003-2007. North Karelia Polytechnic. 11/2002. (in Finnish).
  2. Panhelainen Mika, et al., Workgroup Reports Concerning ADP Services. "Palvelinympäristön uudistaminen", "Seuranta ja raportointi", "Rekisterit ja tietokannat", "Tiedotus ja dokumentointi", "Käytettävyys" and "Keskitetty käyttäjätietokanta" Workgroups and Reports. Part of the Outsourcing Project of the Maintenance of North Karelia Polytechnic's Information Network. North Karelia Polytechnic. Joensuu City, Finland. 8-10/2002. (in Finnish).
  3. Panhelainen Mika, Alvila Kari, et al., The Financial Agreement Concerning ADP Services. "ATK-palveluja koskeva sisäinen sopimus". Part of the Outsourcing Project of the Maintenance of North Karelia Polytechnic's Information Network. Introduced 20.5.2002 in the Meeting of Board of Directors of North Karelia Polytechnic (64 ยง). A Final Version Signed 24.5.2002. North Karelia Polytechnic. Joensuu City, Finland. (in Finnish).
  4. Ni Shaoji, Jokiaho Timo, Panhelainen Mika, Latvala Mikael, Takala Vesa-Pekka, Load Balancer for Multiprocessor Platforms. European Patent Number 1512073. United States Patent Number 7421506. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) International Application Number PCT/FI03/00338. International Publication Number WO 03/107184 A1. International Publication Date 24.12.2003. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Nokia Corporation 12.6.2002.
  5. Hillo Jarmo, Panhelainen Mika, et al., FlexiGateway Product Architecture Document version 1.0. Copyright Nokia Networks Oy 2000.
  6. Panhelainen Mika, Mäkitalo Esa, et al., Implementing the GPRS IP Backbone. GPRS IP Backbone Cookbook. The document is intended for operator personnel interested in implementing a GPRS backbone network. It discusses the distributed, GPRS network architecture in general and how it is used in practice. The document is a collection of fairly independent chapters on the following topics: Overview, Routing in the backbone, Access Point, Domain Name System, Border Gateway, Firewall and Security Framework. DN99184441 Issue 1.5/1.9. Copyright Nokia Networks Oy 2000.
  7. Panhelainen Mika, Security in Key Role. The part "Turvallisuus avainasemassa" in the article "Piimäki on nykyaikaa". Copyright Nokia Networks Oy. Connect 2/1999, pp. 12-13. (in Finnish).
  8. Panhelainen Mika, VPN Products Tested at NTC. RemoteWork Project Experiments. A Presentation. Nokia Information Security Conference NISC 19.-20.11.1998. Copyright Nokia Telecommunications Oy 1997.
  9. Muttilainen Matti, Vepsäläinen Juha, Panhelainen Mika, Manninen Jaakko, Hautamaa Pekka, Tirri Teija, Moliis Tom, Mäkelä Kari, Veltheim Ville, et al., RemoteWork Project 1998. The project's intention was to implement a secure RemoteWork Solution. The documentation consists of following parts: Project Plan, Solution Requirements & Evaluation Criteria, Product Evaluation and Testing, Appendixes, TeamWARE Intranet Security and Slideset. NTC Issue 1.0. Copyright Nokia Telecommunications Oy 1997.
  10. Panhelainen Mika, The Workstations of Windows NT Network. "Windows NT -verkon työasemat". A Presentation. The Meeting of ADP Contact Persons. "ATK-yhdyshenkilöpäivät". The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki Research Centre, Information Systems Services 2044. 29.9.1997. (in Finnish).
  11. Nokkonen Erkki, Panhelainen Mika, The Metsätalo Microcomputer Network User Guide v1.0. "Metsätalon mikroverkon käyttöopas v1.0". The Finnish Forest Research Institute. Helsinki Research Centre, Information Systems Services 2044. 20.8.1997. (in Finnish).
  12. Panhelainen Mika, The Update of HE's Microcomputer Network. "HE:n mikroverkon päivittäminen". A Presentation. The Meeting of ADP Contact Persons. "ATK-yhdyshenkilöpäivät". The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki Research Centre, Information Systems Services 2044. 21.5.1996. (in Finnish).

Honours and Awards


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